Before the Coke Wave, before the collaborations with French Montana reached their full mainstream potential, there was the Public Domain series. These are Max B’s solo projects – the records where the Wave God speaks entirely in his own voice, building a catalog that became required listening in certain corners of New York underground hip-hop.
The Public Domain Series
The Public Domain series runs from PD1 through PD6 across the years of Max B’s career before his incarceration. Each volume represents a chapter in the development of the wave sound – the melodic delivery, the Harlem perspective, the combination of vulnerability and street confidence that made Max B impossible to imitate even when artists tried.
The series built a core audience that never left. While Max B was away, these projects circulated, got rediscovered, and introduced new listeners to the full scope of what he was doing before the Coke Wave collaborations made him known to a wider audience.
What Made the Series Significant
The Public Domain series is significant because it shows Max B as a complete artist – not just as a collaborator or a feature, but as someone with a full artistic vision across a body of work. The melodic approach that would later influence Drake and a generation of New York artists is present in its earliest and most pure form across these projects.
Underground hip-hop historians consider the Public Domain series essential. The production, the writing, the delivery – all of it holds up because it was never chasing a trend. It was setting one.
Public Domain 7: The First Purge
Public Domain 7: The First Purge is announced for 2026. Twenty-four tracks. The first new Max B solo album since before his incarceration. It follows the momentum of Wave Gods 2 and “Ever Since U Left Me” and represents Max B stepping fully into his own spotlight again – not as part of a collaboration, but as the Wave God, solo, with something to say.
The series that started underground is about to go to a place it has never been. Stream the existing catalog on Spotify and Apple Music and follow @maxb140 for Public Domain 7 release information.